Revolver



(No Model.)

'W. 0. A. BULLOCK.

REVOLVER.

Patented June 30, 1885.

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WILLIAM G. A. BULLOCK, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

REVOLVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,910, dated June 30,1885.

Application filed March 20, 1884.

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. A. BUL- LOOK, of Meridian, in the countyof Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fire- Arms; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it ap'pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improvement in fire-arms, the object of thesame being to provide a device whereby the cartridges in a revolvingchamber shall be protected against exposure and dampness and thecylinder-bearings from dust.

With these ends in view my invention consists in providing the rear endof a gun or pistol barrel with a cylindrical cap adapted to receive theforward end of a cartridgecyt indcr which snugly fits and revolves inthe said cap.

My invention further consists in certain other features of constructionand combinations of parts, as will be more fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

111 the drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation of a gun with myimprovement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section view of the same withthe cartridgecylinder removed from the cap.

A represents a gun or pistol barrel, pivotally secured to a stock, B, bymeans of a pivot, G. The said barrel is further secured to the stock bymeans of any desired spring catch or fastening at the point D. The saidbarrel A has formed or made integral therewith the circular cap E, whichis provided with a perforation,F,located at the point where the bore ofthe gun encounters said cap. The flange or rim (J of the said cap isadapted to receive the recessed or small end H of the cylinder I. Thesaid cylinder is recessed or cut away, thus permitting it to snugly fitwithin the cap and rotate therein. The shoulder J of the cylinder, whenin position for use, bears against the rim F, and thus prevents theentrance of dust and moisture into said cylinder, which is provided withchambers to receive a desired number of cartridges, and is movablysecuredto the barrel A by means of the axial Renewed January 6,1885.

(No model.)

pin K,which passes through a longitudinal perforation in. the cylinderI, adapted to receive the same; or it may be secured to the barrel inany other desired manner. The stock 13 is provided with semicircularplates L, which, together with the head B of the stock proper, forms acylindrical bearing for the rear end of the cylinder when in positionfor use, and serves to provide against displacement of the cartridgeslocated in the chamber ofthe cylinder, and also protects the cartridgesfrom exposure. The cylinder can be locked in position and operated inany desired or customary manner.

My improvement is particularly adaptable to shotguns provided withrevolving cartridgeholding cylinders, as the cartridges used in guns ofthis character are generally loaded by hand, and consequently are moresusceptible to the action of the elements than rifle-cartridges, wherethe balls are usually greased and set tightly in metallic shells bymachinery, thus rendering them comparatively waterproof. I do not,however, limit myself to this particular application; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a barrel having a cylindrical cap at its rearend, of a revolving cartridge-holding cylinder recessed about itsforward end, and journaled to apin projecting rearwardly from saidbarrel and secured at its front end, said recess forming shouldersadapted to bear flush against the rim of the cap when in position,substantially as set forth.

2. In a gun, the combination,with a barrel having a cylindrical capformed integral therewith, ofa revolving cartridge-holding cylinderrecessed at its front end, said recess forming shoulders adapted to bearflush against the rim of the cap when in position, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM O. A. BULLOCK.

Witnesses:

B. Y. RAMSEY, E. H. DIAL.

